1. If you are using a Windows-based PC, you will need Internet
Explorer 5.5 or higher, or Netscape 6.2.3 or higher (Internet Explorer
can be obtained free at the Microsoft website. Netscape can be obtained
free at the Netscape website).
2. First, delete your temporary Internet files. If you are using Internet
Explorer 6, on the top menu bar of your browser select Tools, then Internet
Options, and on the General tab, under the grouping titled Temporary
Internet Files, choose "Delete Files." This process can be very brief or
take up to several minutes to perform.
3. Next, within the Internet Options box in Internet Explorer, on the
General tab, under Temporary Internet Files, click on the “Settings” button.
In the dialog box that opens, under "Check for Newer Versions of Stored
Pages," select "Every visit to the page." Click OK to close this box.
4. Your browser must be set to trust the ABEM website to not harm
your computer. While still in the Internet Options window of Internet
Explorer, click on the Security tab at the top, then click on the Trusted
Sites icon (a green circle with a check-mark inside). A button labeled
Sites will appear below the icons. Click on the Sites button and then
type the ABEM URL (https://www.abem.org) into the line that
allows you to add specific sites. Click on the Add button and then click
OK to close
5. Your Privacy settings must be set to accept cookies from the ABEM
website. While still in the Internet Options window for Internet Explorer,
click on the tab labeled Privacy. If, near the botton of the window you
have a grouping labeled “Websites: To override cookie handling ...”
click on the Edit button. If that group is not present, look near the
middle of the window for a grouping labeled “Settings,“ and a button
labeled Sites. Click on the Sites button. Either route will take you
to a place where you should type https://www.abem.org into
the line that allows you to add specific sites. Click the Allow or
Add button. Click OK to close.
5. Pop-up blockers must either be turned off or configured to allow for
pop-ups from the EMCC Online website. If you have Windows XP and
Internet Explorer, while still in the Internet Options window for Internet
Explorer, click on the tab labeled Privacy. Either uncheck the "Block
Pop-ups" box (if it is checked), or click on the sites button to designate
that you wish to allow pop-ups from the ABEM website,
https://www.abem.org. If you also have a third-party pop-up
blocker on your computer (such as in your antivirus software or
stand-alone software to block pop-ups), disable it or designate that
you wish to allow pop-ups from the ABEM website.
6. Now close completely out of your internet browser, then reboot
your computer (choose the Start button in the lower left, and then "restart").
When your computer reboots, open your browser and go back to
the ABEM website to sign in.
7. If you have additional anti-virus, privacy or security software installed
on your computer, you must also make sure that it is set to allow your interaction
with EMCC Online's interactive website by accepting cookies, not blocking
pop-ups and trusting the ABEM website.